Study: Fracking chemicals pose potential health threat to children and mothers

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Researchers find exposure to chemicals used in controversial extraction process could damage fertility and cause birth defects

Chemicals from fracking pose "serious health risks" to pregnant women, babies, and children, a new study has claimed. Research published in the peer-reviewed journal Reviews on Environmental Health...

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